Blog Archives / March 2009

Top 10 Reasons you want to Register NOW!!! for the Breast Cancer 3-Day See our ZumeTeam page for the Breast Cancer 3-day. We need more team to help! 10. You always wanted to sleep in a pink tent. 9. You can't wait to see how many porta-potties can possibly be collected in one city. 8. If you are walking in Boston you should already be into your training schedule. 7. You need time to find and break-in your walking shoes. 6. The 2009 Breast Cancer 3-Day Series will generate millions of dollars to fund critical breast cancer research and community outreach programs. 5. The sooner...


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It's very close to St. Patrick's Day, so I can see why you thought I meant something different but I meant, drink lots of good clean water. The old H2O, we need it and we need to drink it. Preferably from some filtered source or plain old clean tap water. It's amazing how clean our tap water in this country, really it is, but the perception is that tap water is not healthy or clean. I drink it filtered from my refrigerator. Talk about cost effective. From The Whole Story, Alana Sugar gives us the whole truth and nothing but the truth with a Whole Foods Market healthy tip: Drink Water!    There...


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It should be the other way around. Head first for better eating and more satisfaction. Eat better all the time, don't be crazy - it's your body. Put in good stuff and get out good results. Simple. "March is National Nutrition Month" Rhonda Gordon writes at The Emporia Gazette, How’s that New Year’s resolution going? It’s been about 60 days since the first of the year. Many of us made the resolution to lose weight. Many of us have probably already given up and gone back to old habits. Well now is the time to reevaluate. Giving us time to get back on track with our weight-loss and fitness...


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  How Sick Is Too Sick to Exercise? Should you work out when you're not feeling well? Here's practical advice from Better Homes and Garden.   You may be the kind of person who insists on working out even when you're sick. Not a good idea. But if you feel you must because your team "needs you" or you're training for a 10K race next month, here is some practical advice. William Primos, M.D., a sports medicine specialist in Charlotte, North Carolina, suggests following the "neck check" rule. If symptoms are above the neck (earache, stuffy nose, sneezing, or sore throat), then exercise...


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I'm always looking for new and healthy things to eat for breakfast and this recipe, sounds quick and nutritional. I need lasting energy from breakfast, to get me to lunch without feeling hungry and one that keeps me sharp mentally. Better Homes and Gardens gives us "Walk the Plank French Toast" sounds like it would fit the bill:   ingredients 2  frozen precooked French toast sticks   Syrup   Fruit-snack sharks directions 1. Prepare French toast sticks according to package directions. Cut one stick in half; use as a "bridge" for a second stick to form a plank across...


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Now we look at sculpting your core with our belly-flattening moves, here is the continuation the "Walk Off the Belly Fat" by By Selene Yeager with Prevention.com writing at MSN Health and Fitness.  "Walking can help you lose fat, but to really pull in your waist and flatten your belly, you need to strengthen the muscles that support your core," says celebrity trainer Valerie Waters of Brentwood, Calif., author of Red-Carpet Ready. Key among these: the deep transverse abdominals, which act like a corset to hold your waist in and support your spine. Because there's no floor work and no equipment...


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Then get moving, move those feet and move them fast and move them everyday. Studies show that walking is one of the best ways to shed belly fat. Why does it work so well? It appears to help reduce deep belly fat (called visceral fat) first, explains Tim Church, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University. "If you exercise enough to lose 10 percent of your body fat, you may actually reduce visceral fat by 30 percent," says Church. All walking burns belly fat, but for best results, crank up your weekly MET (metabolic equivalent) hours—the...


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We all live in a busy, go-go, world and squeezing in a workout can be challenging. Grabbing a workout can sometimes feel like grabbing a meal, the fast food fair. As you sit, at the exercise 'drive-thru' window, making a good choice or any choice can be difficult. Does this method of 'grab and go' workouts really work? May I help with your order, today? "I'll have ten minutes of walking to the bus stop and a 'fiver' of stair climbing and please hold 30 minutes of sitting. Thank you." Neal Templin at the Wall Street Journal writes, "Can You Stay Fit on a Budget?" and can you stay fit on this...


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 From Tesco Magazine - Healthy Living: Don't feel like exercising? Why not try using a pedometer when you go for a walk? These handy little gadgets record the number of steps you take, so you really feel like you've achieved something. A recent US study* of people with diabetes found that those with pedometers enjoyed their walking exercise programme more than those who didn't have the gadgets – so they were more likely to stay the course. The British Heart Foundation says taking around 10,000 steps per day (five miles) will help keep your heart healthy. *A randomized trial comparing structures...


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OK, you're not a geezer but walking will help you look and feel younger at any age. The benefits of walking for healthy aging are numerous and in the About.com article, "Walking as an Anti-Aging Exercise" by Mark Stibich, Ph.D. gives us his outlook: How Much Walking Should I Do For Anti-Aging? - That’s a really good question. In this study, the walking group met three times a week. They started out slowly, walking only 10 or minutes the first time. Over the four months, they built up to walking 40 minutes each time. How Much Did Walking Help Aging? - All the study participants...


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